After the whole fiasco with Twilight, the group of mares decided that it would probably be best to take her someplace else, so the unicorn could calm down. Concerned for her well-being, Shining, and Cadence, followed the group of friends down the hall and they didn't return. So it was just Luna and me, sitting here in silence as Celestia slept. That is until she was informed by a royal guard that there was paperwork for her to do, in light of recent events. So Luna had to leave.

Patiently I had to wait for Celestia to wake. It really wasn't that bad for the first few hours. After all, I had quite a few questions for my other half that needed to be addressed, but not long after that, I, along with my partner, started to get bored.

I tried to see if there was anything in our room that could be used for entertainment. But my room like most hospitals was bland and lacked an artistic flair. Thankfully, with a little searching, I found a bouncy ball in the nightstand next to me. I tried juggling it, but I soon found that my other half still found it boring to sit and watch. Which I could understand. Who would want to watch someone else have fun while you are not able to do anything? So I stopped and tried to think of something else to do.

Throwing the ball against the wall, I watched as it hit and bounced back. Then it hit me, both literally and metaphorically. If I threw the ball at the wall and Lauren switched places with me then we could play a game of catch. I ran my idea past her and she happily agreed, then we let the match between Lauren and I, begin. Soon after we started, our little game began to get more and more intense, and the ball was flying through the air at a rapid pace beating like a metronome. Little did we know the mate in the bed next to me was rousing from her slumber.

Celestia's perspective:

I awoke to the soft sound of knocking. It wasn't very loud but it was noticeable, and it only seemed to speed up with time. The constant rhythmic beat forced itself to become louder and louder as I returned to consciousness. Forcing my eyelids to open, I was met with a bright light above my head. The room that I seemed to be in was heavy with the scent of medicines. It didn't take a genius to figure out where I was, the last thing I saw was my mother floating in the air and removing all the changelings from Canterlot in one swift motion. To be honest, I had forgotten just how much she was out of my league, but at that moment, my wavering strength had allowed me to be susceptible to some interface from her spell.

Thus, why I am here, I must have fainted or become unresponsive to a degree for Luna to take me here. From the layout of the room, it was easy to tell that this was the Canterlot hospital and that constant banging probably meant that I am not alone.

Turning my head and adjusting my wings I managed to look at the figure behind me. It was my mom. She had an extremely bored expression on her face as she bounced a ball back and forth against the wall. It was actually quite amusing, and my efforts to stifle a giggle were met with poor results. She turned to look at me and gave a soft smile as the ball came and landed on her stomach.

“About time you woke up.” She joked as she tossed the ball over to me. “How are you feeling Celestia?”

I caught the ball with my magic and then pondered her question. Taking in all my senses, I found that I felt fine. In fact, I'd even say I was at one hundred percent at the moment. “I feel good. The doctors here are quite skilled when it comes to their craft so it only makes sense.”

“Heh, yeah they are. I can't even feel the pain in my wings.”

Curious about what she meant, I glanced down at her sides and found her wings to be thoroughly bandaged. When I noticed the scratches and cuts that covered her body, I gave an involuntary gasp. When did this happen!?

“Your wings, when, how!? Who? Did it hurt?”

My mother's smile faltered for a moment then she gave a sad sigh. "I confronted Chrysalis a few days before the wedding. I offered her and her subjects a peace treaty so Changelings could be introduced in a positive light. At that meeting, I gave her a cup of love-soaked tea and presented my offer. After reading it over she took me down into the caves below Canterlot. And in a rage caused the roof to collapse on top of me... (I'm just glad I spent all that time playing Tetris in that other world, otherwise I probably wouldn't have survived.)”

“Wow, that is quite a story. Too bad I wasn't there to help out. Unfortunately, there's no possible way to see the future so we couldn't have seen this coming.”

For a moment, she didn't meet my gaze and her shoulders moved ever so slightly upward. “Yeah, no possible way...”

I decided not to press on that body language she just displayed, and instead moved on to another matter. I tossed the ball back to her and she caught it in her magical field. To both her and my surprise the medical equipment around her began going berserk.

It was barely even a moment before the doctor and a few nurses rushed in to see what's going on. As soon as they noticed mom's dumbstruck face as she sat there with the levitating ball the nurses rolled their eyes and left. From the hallway a loud ‘False alarm!’ rang through the corridors and the rushing doctors resumed their previous posts.

The doctor looked at me with a very vexed expression. “Mrs. Faust! I must insist that you cut that out this instant!” His British accent was thick and demanding. And as he spoke his arms would flail around aimlessly.

“Do you mean cut out my magic?”

“Yes! You have recently suffered from magical depletion! Such an act as this could damage your recovery! That and it is completely unfair for us to care for those who can heal themselves with magic!” Nodding with some understanding, I dropped the ball on the ground to which he quickly snatched it away. The doctor then proceeded to turn to the door but he still gave me a threatening stare as he left.

“What the heck was that all about?” I asked, Celestia just lifted her wings a little and gave me a small frown. It looked very similar to what a pony would do to shrug their shoulders.

“It's as strange to you as it is to me.”

Another half an hour passed, and out of boredom, I decided to try humming some fan music and see if Tia recognized any of them. She ended up calling me out on a few of them; each time becoming more and more perplexed at my knowledge. When she finally decided to ask me how I knew those songs I just said, “Because of reasons!” She gave a small chuckle at my strong enthusiasm, and with that, I was able to distract her from trying to get a proper answer out of me.

Well, that and I threw a pillow at her face. When it landed she stopped laughing almost immediately and she turned to me with the most wicked smile I had seen since coming to this world. “Oh, it is on!”

“Oh damn.”

The resulting war continued to play through until we were interrupted by the door opening. Both Celestia and I were in mid-throw when it creaked open and we both slowly turned to see who had entered. Lillybreeze was in the doorway and she had a small smile on her face.

“Adorilin! It's been so long since I last saw you. Where have you been!?”

“Long time? It's only been three days. I just went back to the hive’s temporary camp to get my little sister, well her, and some others who stayed behind.”

“Oh? So when do we get to meet this little troublemaker?” I joked doing my best to keep a straight face, but I ended up failing miserably. Adorilin, or Lilly at the moment, stepped to the side to show a little filly that was standing behind her. She was a unicorn with a cream colored coat and a blue mane, and there was a mischievous smile was stuck to her face, I also spotted a little twinkle in her eye.

Lillybreeze gestured over to the filly walking in and gave a slight head bow. “Mrs. Lauren Faust, Princess Celestia, I'd like to introduce you to my little sister Pennilia Alternate.” Then both changelings dropped their disguises with a fantastic glow of emerald.

Celestia just stared in shock her mouth opening and closing like a goldfish as she watched the seemingly normal ponies turn into those things that tried to take over her country not even four days ago! Her horn began to glow as she looked on with worry then she felt a pillow hit her in the face. Surprised, she looked over to me with wide eyes. I gave her a reassuring smile and waved my hoof in a similar manner that I would move my hand to say put it down. “It's okay, they're with me.” Celestia gave me a confused stare and then she canceled her spell.

Meanwhile, the little changeling had snuck up beside my bed and appeared on the nightstand beside me. “Justice will be swift, justice will be painful, justice will be delicious!” Her little form all of a sudden jumped on me and she snuggled me with a hug.

I looked down at her with a small pout, “Oh that's not fair, that's not fair at all! How am I not supposed to love you when you give me those puppy dog eyes!”

The small changeling giggled at my comment and then she gained an evil grin, “You're going to love me!”

Both Adorilin and I burst out laughing as the Solar Princess stared in confusion. “Mother aren't they a threat?”

“No, remember... Oh yeah, you were out cold. Basically, Adorilin here tried to work with me to set up the treaty I was talking about earlier. It was only after, that I met with Chrysalis to see if she would accept our proposition.”

I picked up Pennilia and held her above my head. She threw her arms out like she was an airplane. “This little... Um, I guess I can't call you a filly.” I said giving a confused glance over to Adorilin, who gladly offered the answer I was looking for.

“We call those of her age a Nymph.”

Smiling I gave her a small nod then I turned my attention back to the little one that was flailing her arms and calling herself a bird, “Well this little nymph being here is just collateral damage from our little attempt at peace.” As soon as the words left my mouth the small changeling gave me a grumpy stare.

“Hey! I didn't damage anything!”

This time, all three of us began laughing, and the only one left to be confused was Penny. I set her down on my lap and proceeded to stroke her mane. She enjoyed the attention for a few moments but then a thought seemed to come to her and her big eyes went from happy to inquisitive. Taking this as something I should pay attention to I paused and waited for her to say what was obviously on her mind. After a few seconds, her mouth slowly opened and she asked the one question I had been dreading since I meet her. “Why did you send mommy away?”

The room froze, and the nymph stared at me with her big cat-like eyes and proceeded to tilt her head to the side.

Even though her gaze was strong I didn't let myself falter. I took a deep breath and a saddened look came across my face. “Well, first off I didn't want to send her away. But...” I looked over to my good friend and previous maid for some help. She nodded to my silent plea and trotted over to the side of my bed.

“She sent mother away because she was protecting me from her.”

Pennilia turned her head to look at her older sister in confusion. “But why would she need to protect you from mom?”

Adorilin now looked sad, she turned to gave the ground as she continued her explanation, “Because, mom didn't agree with changelings and ponies living together.”

Immediately the child on my lap got an understanding expression on her face. And her questioning stare vanished, “Oh, so she was going to make an example out of you.”

Both Celestia and I were shocked, the little child in my lap spoke about her mother killing to teach as if she was talking about the weather. Had she been a little older I would have pressed onto the matter, but there's always the possibility at this age that she just didn't understand what she said. The nymph then turned to hop off of my lap but before jumping she eyed the ground with caution. After all, my bed was easily three times her height and with her standing on that it would make it four.

She continued to stare for a few more seconds before she gave a sad sigh and turned to face me with a sheepish look, “Um help...”

Once again us older ones gave way to her cuteness and smiled brightly as we giggled at her pouting face. Leaning forward, I lifted her into my hooves and proceeded to hand her over to her older sister. Unfortunately, while I was doing that one of the wires attached to me came undone and the heart monitor began going frantic. Adorilin quickly took her sister with her magic and placed her on the ground. And I fought with the wires trying to stop the deafening noise before the doctors took notice.

The room’s door clicked open, and thankfully before it moved anymore, an emerald flash of green flashed in the corner of my vision. The light reassured me that Adorilin was back to being Lillybreeze and I felt a sense of tension leave me. The doctor marched in with a frustrated scowl on his face. But it wasn't directed at me.

Surprisingly, it was aimed at Lilly. “Sorry but visiting hours are over.” The tone he used wasn't mean or anything, but his disapproving gaze really got under my skin. He walked forward and quickly got all the wires back into their intended places and then he turned back to the maid in the room. “It is immediate, go home or wait until after lunch,” He ordered.

“Aww, but I didn't get my revenge yet!” Pennilia squeaked.

The unexpected two-tone voice startled the doctor and he jumped out of fright. Looking down, he spotted the nymph at his hooves and time seemed to freeze between the two. Even from my distance, I could see the beads of sweat start to roll off of his face and the look of panic and fear make their way into his expression. He then turned his head up and with one great shout, he ran out of the hospital room. Pennilia stared into open space that the stallion once occupied with a quizzical expression on her face. She turned to look at me her big eyes shining brightly as she asked with a small voice, “He knows I was joking... right?”

I gave her a sad sigh, and then turned towards Lilly, “You guys should probably go, you know before a large bunch of guards or something arrives.”

The teenage changeling nodded and then she picked up her sister. “Where should we go?”

“If it is just the two of you, I'd advise going back to the room you were given for your job at the palace. Hopefully, they won't look for you there. I'll see what I can do about officially welcoming you and your hive to Equestria.”

The duo nodded and then left, each making sure they were cloaked before leaving.

A few hours later our lunch came, and soon afterward Celestia was discharged. The guards who were informed of a changeling’s presence came to my room and asked me to reveal the ‘known criminal’ by description. But I waved them off and acted like I had no idea what they were talking about. I hoped they would be stupid enough to tell Celestia that I didn't acknowledge any changelings coming to visit and she'd catch my drift.

Eventually, the guards left and I was once again left to me and myself. I don't even know when, but at some point in the afternoon, I found myself staring off into the distance through the window. All the bustling activity it looked so inviting and so much more enjoyable than this drab old place. I had only one wish, and that was to leave this hospital.

Stretching my limbs out, I felt the sourness in my muscles and unsteady joints pop into place as they remembered movement. I had only been here for a few days yet it felt like an eternity. I knew I had to get out of here, I just had to. Otherwise, I'd probably end up like that barking pony at the hospital in Ponyville.

Fearful of such an outcome, I looked around for the power source of the machines that were hooked up to me. To my joy, I discovered that they were all connected to the same power outlet and a mischievous grin grew across my face; with one quick pop, my magic pulled them all out before the alarms could sound. Stripping myself of the wires and needles I threw the sheets off and jumped to the ground. It had been a little while since I got to walk so I stumbled a little, but I soon remembered my footing. Trotting over to the door I swung it open.“Door, boring not me.”

Slam!

My immediate reconsideration caused me to quickly turn around and look for somewhere else to exit. Spotting my target I ran to the window and lifted the glass and stuck my head out, “Me!”

Meanwhile, the Doctors were escorting Princess Luna to her mother's room. She couldn't help but roll her eyes at the scene she now found herself in. The whole staff and company were talking about how ‘Mrs. Faust’ had been very cooperative with their treatments and has been very easy to care for. The guards followed the entourage of ponies to the largest room on the top floor. When Luna approached the room a soft glow of blue enveloped the door and it slowly swung open.

The smile on the Princess's face almost dropped immediately. The room was empty, and it had been for a little while. Bed sheets laid around the room and the machines were all unplugged. The only thing that remained untouched in the entire space was a solitary glass of milk on the table.

“W-Well it s-seems like she's not here right now...” The doctor said, with worry beginning to creep into his voice.

“And where might she be?” Luna replied; still looking stoically into the room.

“I-I-I’m afraid I don't know... your highness.” He squeaked.

Even though her face remained expressionless, Luna's coat visibly darkened and her mane began to flail violently. She looked down to the terrified physician with her glowing eyes and sneered at him through her new fangs.

“We entrusted her to your care; the long-lost queen of Equestria, and my mother, and you lost her!

“We're sorry my Princess, we will get right on finding...”

“No. I and my guards will find her. Thouest hath proven to be incompetent and most unreliable.” The way Luna spoke was calm and collected, yet everypony in the room could feel the growing wrath of the Princess.

With a huff, the Night Princess headed out in a silent fury. Unbeknownst to her, the likeness that she bore to her past self.

I had been walking on rooftops for a little while now; about three hours or so. The sky was clear and the day was vividly bright. The way the sunset streamed across the sky gave a sense of the clouds being a flame. I had only seen it happen twice on earth, and each time for no more than a few minutes. But still, nostalgia washed over me as I reminisced about my homeworld. It took Faust's calling my name in a worried tone to break me out of my trance. When I came back to reality I noticed I was crying.

(Are you okay?)

“Yeah... [Sniff] Yeah just thinking about home...” I said with a quiver in my voice. “I-I just need some time to myself, you can take over if you want.”

(...I understand. Just don't start thinking too negatively okay.)

“Yeah sure.”

Lauren's Perspective:

Alex’s sadness brought a heavy sense of guilt to my heart. If he only knew that I never needed him to get back here; and that it was only from a mistake on my part. Then I'm sure he would never forgive me. Thinking about it only made me feel worse and I gave a sad sigh. From where I was, I could see only one way to end this sadness along with Alex. I walked up to the edge and gave a glance down. The building I was on was easily five stories and high enough for my purposes.

Lauren... what are you doing?

I decided not to answer. Instead, I fell forward off of the edge. “(I'm sorry Alex...)”

In response, the human inside my head began to panic. The closer we got to the ground the more he'd scream and try to take control. He fought with me all the way down. That is until I reached ten feet from the ground. That's when I tore off the bandages around my sides and thrust my wings downward. I shot through the air at speeds that could rival a jet as I flew through the city.

“(Aww yeah! I've been waiting for this for so long!)”

Your sick Faust, really sick!

“(Oh don't be such a baby.)”

You acted like you were going to kill us!

(Tehe my bad...)

The human’s change in mood had gone from depressed to fittingly angry in less than thirty seconds. It was a new record in my book, and I was up to some celebration.

“(Woohoo!)”

I swooped through the streets and alleyways with a newfound vigor. I felt young and full of energy for the first time in years. It had been so long since I last flew, and this little outing was proving to be something I hadn't realized I needed. From below I watched as the citizens looked up in surprise as I sped through the streets. A mach cone was fluttering in and out of existence around me, and a widespread grin covered my face. Little did I know that while I flew, I had begun to hum a tune to myself as I went through Canterlot.

Is that the theme to?...

“(Wha...)” Embarrassment and anger flashed through me and my speed slowed. I harshly retorted to my cohabitor, “(Don't judge me, peasant!)”

Ha!

Faust flew us around for quite a while. I must say, the freedom of flight is an indescribable feeling. Even though I was riding shotgun I felt the way the wind rushed past. The slight tilting or angling of a feather did so much that the thought of flying is a scary one for me. Back when I tried to fly through the castle, I hadn't realized that even though I could propel myself forward maintaining control was far more work. Even so, the stress relief from flying was definitely something worth doing again.

When the sun started to hang over the horizon Lauren decided to land in an alleyway not too far from the castle. She said that if I was feeling up to it I could try flying, but I decided to stroll the streets instead. Shops lit up Canterlot worth a soft light, and elegant music could be heard playing from the fancy restaurants. It kinda reminded me of the atmosphere that Rome has at night.

The best part of walking through town at this time was that because of the low lighting most ponies didn't notice my wings, and they treated me normally.

While I was walking through one of the bigger streets I noticed a commotion break out up ahead. A stallion was running from a mare with a purse in his mouth.

“Thief! Stop him!” She called. But nopony wanted to get their hooves dirty, and the royal guards were as always, useless. The perpetrator was heading my direction and I couldn't overcome the need to interfere.

“Fire?” I asked, already getting my magic ready.

(No Al, not for this situation, just switch with me.)

Disappointed, I grumbled, “Oh okay, but I get the next one.”

(Deal.)

“Great...” I once again switched with the old wizard, and she prepared to handle the thief in a better way than incineration.

Once Faust took control she began working on her spell. With such little distance between us now I was surprised to see her succeed. Steel bars shot out of the ground and the pony who stole the purse found himself running into the trap with no time to stop. Once he was inside the cage was made secure and a crowd of ponies began to applaud, or stomp.

I regained control and snatched the bag from the crook and handed it to the mare as she caught up.

I, however, still didn't like being in front of crowds so left. I tried to blend in with the crowd and avoid attention. But my efforts were wasted as I bumped into a very agitated Luna.

“Hehe hi, Luna...”

The night Princess just stared at me with her lower eyelid twitching up and down. “Yes mother, hello... it's so nice to see that you are getting your rest and are recovering comfortably.”

The way she stretched her words was a clear indication of her frustration and as she took a step forward. I took a step back.

"Yeah, rest... You know I heard that fresh air is very good for one's recovery..."

"Oh, is that so?"

Luna took three more steps forward, and I took three more back.

"Yeah, I also heard that running is good for one's health as well, so see ya!" I high tailed it out of there. Luna launched forward and tried to bite my tail, but she missed and I managed to make it into the crowd.

My small form swerved easily in between the ponies. I kept my head low in the crowd, and when it was convenient I would duck in behind the street vendors carts.

I was currently beside a cart that was selling strips of dried kiwi and pineapple with a light seasoning of cinnamon. My mouth was watering as I took in the aroma. The vendor looked over at me and smiled.

"Anything I can do for you miss?"

"...Um, actually I was wondering if I could sample any of these."

"Yep, they're right over here."

I picked one up and tasted decent food for the first time in several days. I was tempted to buy a bundle there and then, but then I saw the color blue making it's way over to the crowd.

"Listen, I really like what you have, and I'll definitely be back for more. Hell, I got to go!" I dashed out of sight and the vendor was left confused.

But then, a blue Alicorn parted through the ponies mitch like tall grass and she said in a very serious tone, “Mom, you get back here right now!"

“No! Don't make me go to the boring place! I don't wanna go!” I begged, as I swerved through the crowds of ponies.

Some protested as I pushed past them but others stared in awe as two alicorns ran through the city. In my attempts to escape my coming doom, I was turning sharp corners, diving through alleyways, and climbing walls to try to get away. But the one thing I couldn't do was fly.

Luna, on the other hand, could, and she used every advantage she had to capture me. Even going so far as to materialize a giant sword in my way to block my exit.

“Hey, no fair! That's not how you play tag, you cheater!”

“This isn't a game mother; now come with me.” She said this as she swooped down and grabbed me via magic.

“Ow ow ow ow! At least don't drag me by my mane~” I wined as I endured the pain. Thankfully she listened and dragged me back by my legs instead... it still hurt.

After Luna dragged me to that damned place, I was finally discharged from the hospital after two days of tormenting boredom. The doctor made sure to give me a really long and boring speech about how dangerous it is to nearly expel all the magic in one's body before I left. But I don't think I needed that, nor did my partner.

The headache alone from when we did that during Cadence’s wedding was enough pain to drive a person mental. Just how much of a pony's body is run off of the stuff? Whatever it was, getting rid of it hurt.

When I got to the castle I didn't even bother to get cleaned up instead I just wanted to go to sleep. As I approached my bedroom I found, as usual, the two brats sleeping on my bed. Celestia seemed to be sleeping soundly, but Luna, she was tossing and turning. A look of discomfort was clear on her face and she laid in fear-induced sweat. Her head turned from side to side and I couldn't help but notice she was mumbling in her sleep. Quietly, I made my way over to her and leaned down so I could hear her.

“No, Nightmare, no.” She moned

I reared back in surprise. Nightmare? As in Nightmare Moon?

“Hey, Lauren do you think she's still suffering from that incident she had?”

“Hmm...” I tried to think of what to do, then I remembered. “Oh yeah, the Tantibus! Are we able to dream walk like Luna?”

“So can we do it?”

“Eh that doesn't matter, one of my friends are suffering and I'll do what I can to change it.”

Even though I couldn't see my passenger, I could feel that she would be giving me a wide smile of approval.

I got onto the bed and after fiddling around, I found a stable spot to lay. Switching over I watched a Lauren charged up her horn and touched Luna's. Then my vision went white.

Luna suddenly found herself in a blank landscape. Everything was white for as far as the eye could see. This was no normal dream, it felt real and purposely constructed. Like the dreams, she made for those who she needed to speak with in the past.

As the blue alicorn looked around for any sign of pretty much anything her gaze moved onto and froze at the figure behind her. Her fur stood on end and her breathing became rampant.

“Nightmare? No... you were destroyed by the elements!”

“A minor setback, but thanks to you little Luna I can return and make those ponies finally appreciate our night!” The large alicorn declared as she towered over the terrified Princess.

“Soon they will know they will learn to love it just like they love our sisters precious light!”

“No! I will get the elements to expel you once more and you'll never return.”

“I live inside you forever, nothing they do will separate you from who you are.”

Nightmare was standing tall looming over Lunas shivering form. She leaned closer until their eyes were locked and she said in a saddened tone. “All those years back you agreed with me.”

Suddenly a bright flash shined across the dreamscape and in its place stood Lauren in her full hight.

“Hmm... So this is what's going on.” I said, mostly to myself but it was still loud enough for the duo to hear me.

As soon as Luna spotted me her eyes widened slightly and she bolted behind me.

Confused by her unusual behavior I turned around and patted her on the head. “Hey, Luna, what's wrong?”

“Nightmare is back! She wants to corrupt me and bring back an eternal night.” The Princess explained. Looking up, I spotted the mare in question

“Eternal night huh?”

“Yes! And nopony is going to stop me from making them finally appreciate it!”

I looked over to Luna, then back to Nightmare. I gave a sigh.

“Tell me why.”

Nightmare looked at me with a confused stare. “...What?”

“Why was it that you came up with the idea of an eternal night in the first place.”

“So ponies would appreciate the night and the work we do!”

“So you want to be loved.” I deadpanned.

“I- ( sigh ) what's your point!”

“Do you think killing everypony on the planet would make them appreciate you, or even love you?”

“Uh, no... but I'm not trying to kill anypony.”

“Yes, you're not. But did you ever stop to realize that the day and the night are limited for a reason.”

Nightmare looked at me with irritated interest whereas Luna looked up to me with confusion.

“The day brings heat and nourishment for plants and animals yes?”

They both nodded.

“On the other hand, the night comes in at the right time so that the sun doesn't start to burn the surface and all those on it. The night brings a break from all the noise, and allows those ponies to rest as the planet begins to cool.”

“See! The ponies sleep through my night and they show no appreciation for all that we do!”

“Who doesn't?”

“W-what?” This time Nightmare was really confused and caught off guard. She had obviously been thinking that she had won this discussion but really she reminded me of Mya when she had her mind set on one thing.

“Who doesn't show appreciation?”

“The ponies!”

“What about the stargazers? What about those hopeless romantic's who wish to have a picnic under the stars? The nocturnal creatures, the citizens who are finally able to rest after becoming fatigued. What about me? Or Celestia? Do all of us not count?”

“Tia just pretends to care for me! If we weren't there then she wouldn't even bother to think of us!”

“It's that really true? Or is that what you've been telling yourself to remain enraged?”

“It's true!”

I sighed.“If it is, then please tell me if you don't recognize this song.” I said as I closed my eyes and did my best to remember.

Thanks for showing me all this stuff, Mya.

A small gem appeared in front of Nightmare and she eyed it cautiously. Then she looked over at me and back to the gem. Slowly, her hoof extended and she touched it. To began to glow and a soft tinge of music could be heard. Then the lyrics came and I watched in silence to see how she'd react.

“Fate has been cruel and order unkind
How can I have sent you away?
The blame was my own; the punishment, yours
The harmony's silent today

But into the stillness, I'll bring you a song
And I will your company keep
Till your tired eyes and my lullabies
Have carried you softly to sleep.~

When it finished Nightmare seemed shocked and frozen up. Her head lowered and I was no longer able to see her face; a few tears started to fall. And her body quaked with emotion. A good few seconds of quiet tears passed before she spoke again, but still, her words were shaky and full of regret.

“Why?... Why go through all this effort to get me to see the point of view that others have!? Why remind me of all those years that, that one song rang through the skies and held me company!? Wouldn't it be easier to destroy me?” She then looked up, her eyes were bloodshot from crying and treats stained her black coat.

“I'm telling you this because I care, and because now that you are both in this body I thought it would be best to work together instead of trying to remove half of my daughter's heart.”

“Work together? Mother with all due respect thouest doth not know what it is like to share a body!”

“You'd be surprised.”

Again the two mares quizzically stared and tried to process the things I had been saying.

“Listen you two, when it comes to situations like this the sooner you are able to work together the better your lives will be. Nighty you must understand that if you want your subjects to love you then you must first love them.”

“Oh, and how do I do that!? I don't even know what love is!”

“Then ask. Because Love is kind, patient, honest, forgiving, and it does not look for its own interests, does not become provoked. It does not keep account of the injury, and love never fails.”

“That's like the exact opposite of me!”

“Then you've got a lot of work ahead of you. Peo-ies can change, it just takes a little effort. Are you willing to put forth the effort to be happy?”

Luna and Nightmare looked towards each other than in a silent agreement they turned to me and gave a nod.

Then I left the dreamscape.

Well... it's sure been a long time. sorry for the lack of updates. Thanks for reading and let me know what you thought in the comments. This chapter was one of the directions I was thinking about going. Let me know if you like Nightmare reformed (prankster).